[bookcourier] Re: Was re: test - general use of Bookcourier
- From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:07:17 -0700
I'm happy with double talk. I also use big Bob. As for why they include those
unusual voices like robo robert etc, I suppose its for the same reason that
they include the weird voices with the Eloquence synthesizer
or the weird voices for dectalk etc. Somebody probably thinks its funny, and
its probably not hard to do. I can't imagine anybody actually using the
majority of voices that come with those other synths either.
Mary
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 13:01:08 -0700, Brian Miller wrote:
>I think Doubletalk is just fine -- not the very best out there, but for the
>price, pretty darned good.
>I always do wonder, though, why Doubletalk even bothers to include voice
>options like Vader, Robo-Robert, and ricochet-randy (or whatever its
>called). Does anyone really use these voices? These always strike me as
>throw-away options, or for amusement only.
>Brian Miller
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marie Rudys" <mimimp3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 9:15 AM
>Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Was re: test - general use of Bookcourier
>> One voice name sounds like "Jacob" to me. I use him and Perfect Paul
>> sometimes. I think they are the ones I can understand the most. Maybe
>> someday we shall have better voices on the BC. I can hope. Meantime,
>> jacob; to me, he sounds like the most patient one.
>>
>> Mimi
>> Happy House
>> Where we live, work and play,
>> The dearest spot on Earth is
>> Home Sweet Home!!!
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Matthews" <mark.matthews53@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 9:07 AM
>> Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Was re: test - general use of Bookcourier
>>
>>
>> Personally I don't have a problem with DoubleTalk speech. I use "Big Bob",
>> which seems just right for my ears.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Mark Matthews
>> Cardiff, Wales, UK
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Marshall
>> Sent: 16 April 2006 16:10
>> To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Was re: test - general use of Bookcourier
>>
>>
>> Hi:
>> I don't like the doubletalk voices, find some words hard to understand. I
>> am a long time user of speech synthesizers, going back to the old TSI Vert
>> systems. I spoke to the tech at BC, he said Eloquence was too expensive
>but
>>
>> they are working on a SAPI5 speech engine, I think this would improve the
>BC
>>
>> immensely. Any thoughts on this?
>> Thanks,
>> George R. Marshall
>> geom4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Diane Fazackarley" <fazackle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2006 5:16 PM
>> Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Was re: test - general use of Bookcourier
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>> If you are putting it into a word pad document I think the Bookcourier
>> should be able to understand it, it is able to access text documents but
>not
>> Word, you'd have to save it as a text document. I like the voice on the
>> Bookcourier but I don't think I'd like to listen to a whole document or
>book
>> in it. You could download a program called textrecorder, its free and this
>> can convert things into MP3 format so you can put it on the BC. If I can
>> help further feel free to contact me off list.
>>
>> Textrecorders web site is:
>>
>> http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Software/TextRecorder.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Happy reading.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Diane
>>
>>
>>
>> _____
>>
>> From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marie Rudys
>> Sent: 15 April 2006 13:35
>> To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookcourier] Re: Test:
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Diane,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have the manual. Now, I am scanning a book with a scanner from a
>> paperback, but it is a new scanner much smaller than a flatbed. It's my
>> book, so I can rip pages out. I am saving the book, one page at a time in
>> Wordpad. Can I transfer this book later to my Book Courier and be able to
>> read it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Mimi
>> Happy House
>> Where we live, work and play,
>> The dearest spot on Earth is
>> Home Sweet Home!!!
>>
>>
>>
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